Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts by David Ahern

I recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Madam Tulip, so I was pleased to have the opportunity to receive a free e-copy of the second book in the series “Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts” by David Ahern to review.

Here is the book blurb.

When out-of-work actress Derry O’Donnell moonlights as celebrity fortune-teller Madam Tulip in an English Stately home, she’s trying to make some cash. Instead, she is drawn into an alien world of wealth, titled privilege and family secrets.

A countess once a chorus girl, a gambling earl and his daughters, a cultured and handsome art expert—all caught in a terrifying web of ghastly threats, murder and abduction. As an aristocratic engagement party turns into a nightmare, Derry and her friend Bruce face the prospect of a gruesome and infamous death.

Madame Tulip and the Knave of Hearts is the second in a series of thrilling and hilarious Tulip adventures in which Derry O’Donnell, celebrity fortune-teller and reluctant amateur detective, plays the most exciting and perilous roles of her acting life, drinks borage tea, and fails to understand her parents.

Derry, an actress is once again unemployed, due to the proscenium arch falling down at the Palace Theatre. She organises a fund-raising art auction at which she bumps into Marlene again, who persuades her to come over to Sorley Hall in England as Madam Tulip for another fortune-telling role at her friend Charlotte’s engagement party. Charlotte and her sister Bryony are the daughters of the Earl of Berkshire and great nieces of the Dowager Countess Octavia.

However the party gets postponed for a week due to the shock of receiving a severed limb in the post. It has been sent as a threat but why and who did it belong to? Things go from bad to worse, but I’m not going to reveal why.

Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts is available on Amazon, currently priced at £8.99 in paperback and is also available in kindle format. A far-fetched mystery. Highly recommended. I am looking forward to when book 3 is finished.

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About the author

David Ahern grew up in a theatrical family in Ireland but ran away to Scotland to become a research psychologist and sensible person. He earned his doctorate but soon absconded to work in television. He became a writer, director and producer, creating international documentary series and winning numerous awards, none of which got him free into nightclubs.

Madame Tulip wasn’t David Ahern’s first novel, but writing it was the most fun he’d ever had with a computer. The second in the Madam Tulip mystery series, Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts, was published in autumn 2016. He is now writing the third Madam Tulip adventure and enjoys pretending this is actual work.

David Ahern lives in the beautiful West of Ireland with his wife, two cats and a vegetable garden of which he is inordinately proud.

You can learn more about David Ahern and Madam Tulip on his website www.davidahern.info

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Disclosure.  This post is a review of an e-book I was sent for free.  All opinions are my own.